It seems one CAN get lost in the Limberlost. Several months back I went exploring on the 300-acre wooded property belonging to our university. It had at one time been a Works Progress Administration fish farm and still had large concrete ponds and canals to channel the water into and out of Harmon Creek. […]
There is a commercial on TV just now about the battering that trucks take in the course of their lives. Dents from bulls running into them, scratches from barbed wire, gouges from hitting fences. Of course, I should specify, these are ranch trucks. And we have one of those–a 1992 Dodge Ram with a big […]
As we honor our veterans, several of you mentioned the idea of serving our country during a “gap” year. The Israelis require it as do the Mormons. It is certainly a good idea since service in the military has declined after Vietnam. Very few of our legislators are veterans or understand their needs. Fortunately, there […]
On a happier note, it’s summer time! The gas prices may be going through the roof, but that doesn’t mean we can’t find a way to get out on the open road, even if just for a few days. And not by car. There is always the Sunset Limited! A TRAIN! Yes, there are still […]
Graduation parties. Graduation cards. Graduation corsages. Graduation balloons. They’re everywhere! They’re everywhere! For many students this time of year is the culmination of years of hard work, whether high school or college. Some of our college grads will be going out into the “free” (as our local prison population calls it), to find real world, […]
The Square and Pop-ups–two inventions that have changed the world. Okay, perhaps not quite as important as sliced bread or the internal combustion engine, but certainly those two inventions have revolutionized the lives of vendors and fair-goers. It is true, admittedly, that technology had to reach a certain plateau before these inventions could even be […]
It’s the silence, the unending quiet that reminds us of our loss. Last week, in celebration of Mother’s Day, our church sent out cheerful, kindly invitations to a Mother-daughter luncheon. For the first time in my life, there was no one to go with me. It surprised me that I felt the loss so deeply. […]
Why spend hours on the Internet to find your ancestors? Last week, I sat down with a friend who is helping me complete my application for membership into the Daughters of the Republic of Texas. She was fascinated, and it wasn’t even her own family. Hunched over the keyboard, fingers flying, she scurried from site […]
It’s end of the semester and time for the dreaded red pen. My U.S. History class at Lone Star Community College in Conroe ended last night. All the exams are given, papers corrected, grades posted, students gone. Have they actually learned anything? All I can do is hope. Maybe, a few things. I feel like […]
“I touch the future. I teach.” A quote in one of the applications for the Excellence in Teaching Awards. Teachers are on strike in many areas of the country. And justifiably so. I began teaching in 1965. There had just been a teachers’ strike two years earlier. The county had finally come up with the […]